Wallet



A. A. STRUHL WALLET Filed m 51, 1940 INVENTOR 0 ARCH/E A. STEUHZ. 2%

ATTORNEY Patented Dec. 22, 1942 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFlCE warms!Archie A. Struhl, remit, N. 1. Application May 31, 1940, Serial No.338,118 1 Claim. its-es) This invention relates to wallets.

An object of this invention is to provide a wallet having a main pocketdivided by a. partition into front and rear compartments, the partitionbeing in the form of a concealed pocket open at an edge remote from theopening in the main pocket, and said partition being removable from themain pocket, but attached to the wallet by a flexible connection.

It is a further object of this invention to provide in a wallet oi thecharacter described, slide actuated fasteners to close the opening inthe main pocket independently of the partition. Yet a further object ofthis invention is to provide a wallet having a pocket open at one end,and a partition member within the pocket and having a flap folded overthe front wall of the pocket and attachable to the pocket by a snapfastener, the partition being in the form of a concealed pocket open ata point remote from the opening of the first mentioned pocket.

Another object 01 this invention is to provide a strong, durable andcompact wallet oi the character described, which shall be relativelyinextpensive to manufacture, attractive in appearance, sand yetpractical and eflicient to a high degree. Other objects of thisinvention will in part be obvious and in part hereinaiter pointed out.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction,combinations of and arrangement of parts which will be exemplifled inthe construction hereinafter described, and of which the scope ofapplication will be indicated in the following claim.

In the accompanying drawing, in which is shown various possibleillustrative embodiments of this invention,

Fig. 1 is a front elevational view of the inner side of the wallet withthe partition partly projecting from the main pocket of the wallet;

Fig. 2 is a front elevational view of the inner side of the wallet, withthe partition within the wallet;

Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken on line 4-4 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one of the concealed pockets; and

Fig. 6 is a partial view similar to Fig. i, but illustrating a modifiedconstruction.

Referring now in detail to the drawing, is

designates a wallet embodying the invention, made of leather or the likematerial. Said wallet has an outside wall It and an inside wallelements,

stitched thereto at the sides by stitching i3, and at the bottom edge bystitching It. Between walls ii and Ills the main pocket it, open at thetop. The upper edge 12a 0! wall i2 is disposed below the upper dge ofwall ll. Stitched to the upper edge of wall I! is a longitudinal strip0! tape ll projecting above the upper edge Ila of said well and carryinga series 0! upwardly projecting locking fingers i9.

Stitched to the inner side of wall H, is a longitudinal strip or tape 28projecting downwardly toward tape it, and carrying a plurality oilockins lingers 21, adapted to be interlocked with the lingers it by aslider 23.

It will be noted that when the slider is moved to one end of the wallet.the main pocket I! is open, and when the slider 23 is moved to the otherend of the wallet, said pocket is closed.

Within the pocket i8 is a partition 25. Said partition member 25comprises superimposed walls 28 and 21 stitched together at their sideedges and upper edges by stitching 28 and 29, respectively.

There is thus iormed between the walls 28 and 21, a pocket It open atthe bottom. This pocket is concealed and cannot be detected when thewallet is opened because member 25 looks like a partition and not like apocket.

The pocket partition 26 is of less length than the wallet and the endedges thereof are iiiclined downwardly and inwardly toward the open endof the partition, to facilitate insertion of the partition into the mainpocket,

The partition member 25 is attached to the wallet by a flexibleconnector or strap 35 stitched at one end to an end edge of thepartition adiacent the upper edge of said partition, and at the otherend, to the inside of the wallet by one of the side seems it whichattaches the walls ii 0 and I: together.

edges 85 facilitate insertion the pocket i8. The partithe pocket l3, butre- The inclined end of the partition into tion may be removed frommainsattached to the wallet by the strap 38.

The wallet may be folded about its mid section in the usual manner.Stitched to the wall I2 is a wall ll. Said wall It may be stitched tothe wall H by the stitching It at one end oi the wallet, and by thebottom stitching IS. The upper edge of wall Iii is stitched to the walli2 by the stitching 12 which attaches the tape or strip i8 to said wall.Wall All iorms a pocket open at one end. The length of wall so is lessthan half of the wallet so that the pocket 45 is on one side i2 of thewallet only.

Within the pocket 45 is a partition member 48 having a flap 49 foldableover the wall 40 and attached thereto by a snap fastener constructionII. The partition 48 comprises two walls I2 and 53 stitched together attheir upper and lower edges by stitching and 56, and at one end bystitching 51. The end of the partition 48 remote from the flap 48 isopen, the stitching I1 being located adjacent the flap 49.

It will now be noted that the partition 48 forms a concealed pocket 60open at one end.

The wallet may be provided with an addition pocket 62 substantiallysimilar and symmetrically disposed with respect to the wall 40.

In Fig. 6 there is shown a modified construction, wherein the partition25 is attached to the wallet. by a link 10 made of spring wire andpivotally attached at one end to the partition and at the other-end tothe inside of the wallet.

It will thus be seen that there is provided a device in which theseveral objects of this invention forth, it is to be understood that allmatter herein set forth or shown in the accompanying drawing is to beinterpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense. v

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

A wallet having an outside wall and an inside wall coextensive therewithand stitched together at their end edges and at their lower edgesforming a pocket open at its other end. fslider actuated fasteners forclosing said pocket, a partition within said pocket comprising front andrear walls stitched together at their end and upare achieved, and whichis well adapted to meet the conditions of practical use.

As various possible embodiments might be made of the above invention,and as various changes might be made in the embodiments above set

